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  Washington man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot Black people

  NBC News - Phil Helsel

  A Washington state man who called Buffalo, New York, grocery stores threatening to shoot Black people a month after a racist mass shooting pleaded guilty to a hate crime Monday, prosecutors said. The calls made by Joey David George, 37, of Lynnwood, near Seattle, were made weeks after 10 people were …

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  Axios

  

  Ex-officer who killed unarmed Black man to stand trial for murder

  Axios - Shawna Chen

  A Michigan judge ruled Monday that ex-police officer Christopher Schurr must stand trial for shooting and killing an unarmed Black man during an …

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  Breonna Taylor warrant details deepen mistrust in police

  thegrio.com - Associated Press

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s death have reopened old wounds in Louisville’s Black …

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  CNN

  

  City of Rochester reaches $12 million settlement with Daniel Prude estate over his death in police custody

  CNN - Kiely Westhoff

  The city of Rochester, New York, has reached a $12 million settlement with the estate of Daniel Prude, who died in 2020 in police custody.

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  Associated Press

  

  Amended autopsy: Black man died due to sedative, restraint

  Associated Press - Colleen Slevin

  DENVER (AP) — A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly released Friday. Despite the finding, the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old massage …

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  NBC News

  

  Ex-Minneapolis police officer sentenced to 3 years in George Floyd's murder

  NBC News - Janelle Griffith

  Thomas Lane, a former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison. Lane held down Floyd's legs as he cried out that he couldn't breathe, while another former officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt …

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  The Root

  

  George Floyd’s Posthumous Pardon Bid Denied By Texas Parole Board

  The Root - Murjani Rawls

  Almost a year ago, the Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles had voted to give George Floyd a full posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug conviction. …